Case for holding and displaying wrist watch



y 1960 s. s. KASKEY 2,936,067

CASE FOR HOLDING AND DISPLAYING WRIST WATCH Filed April 29, 1957Will/[1612522122 114 INVENTOR. Sunm S. KASKEY JTTORN "Y CASE FOR HOLDINGAND DISPLAYING WRIST WATCH Sonia S. Kaskey, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application April 29, 1957, Serial No. 655,762

1 Claim. (Cl. 206-4515) My invention relates to a case for holding awrist watch, and more particularly, relates to a case for containing awrist watch therein for protecting the wrist watch against shock, withprovisions to expose the Wrist watch in an upright position when thecase is opened.

It is the usual procedure when removing a wrist watch from a personsbody during the evening, for'example,

nited States Patent to place the wrist watch upon an adjacent nighttable or convenient surface so that the wrist watch may be observedconveniently as to time.

As a result, therefore, it frequently occurs during the evening that theperson in his drowsy condition reaches over to the night table to makemore visible the face of the wrist watch, and in doing so, accidentallyjars the watch or subjects it to shock and damage in its fall to thefloor.

It is, therefore, the object of my invention to p'rovide a case forcontaining a wrist watch wherein the face of the watch is easily visiblein displayed position and wherein the case will protect the watch fromdamage as a result of shock or other jarring condition.

Another object of my invention is to provide a case for convenientlyholding a wrist watch in fully protected condition and wherein means areprovided on the case to conveniently display and maintain the watch in avisible generally upright position.

Another object of my invention is to provide a portable case and watchwhere the case completely encloses the watch and wherein a slide, whenpressed, opens the lid to the case and displays the watch and when theslide is released the lid closes the case.

Another object of my invention is to provide a case for displaying andprotecting a wrist watch wherein very simple means are provided forcanting the watch in generally upright position.

Another object of my invention is to provide a case for displaying awrist watch wherein the construction is such that when the wrist watchis displayed therein in canted position, any shock or jar will cause thelid of the case to snap closed and protect the watch from any damage.

Another object of my invention, is'to provide an improved device of thecharacter described, that it is easily and economically protected, whichis sturdy in construction, and which is highly effective in operation.

With the above and related objects in view, my invention consists in thedetails of construction and combination of parts, as will be more fullyunderstood from the following description, when read in conjunction withthe accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a case for displaying a wrist watchembodying my invention, the case being in open position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the case for displaying a wrist watch ina closed position.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along lines '=33 of Fig. 1.

;Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along lines 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a plan View, and partly in section, of the construction of thecase itself, the case being in closed position.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the wrist watch with an eyelet clipattached thereto for insertion within the display case.

Fig. 7 is an exploded view of the component parts of the case fordisplaying the wrist watch.

Referring now in greater detail to the drawings, in which similarreference characters refer to similar parts, I show a wrist watch,generally designated as A, mounted within a case, generally dseignatedas B.

The wrist watch A is of any conventional construction and comprises acasing 12 in which the mechanism thereof is housed and through the uppersurface of which the dial face appears. At each end of the casing 12extends a pair of ears 14 to which the usual wrist watch band, notshown, is attached by spring-loaded pins 16. v

In my device, I remove the wrist watch band, and insert upon the pin 16at the lower edge of the dial, an eyelet clip 18 having a flat surfaceprojection 20 therein.

The case B comprises a rectangular open top box 22 to which near theupper rearward portion thereof is pivotally mounted a lid 24. The bottomof the box, out within its interior surface, has a slot 26 within whichis fitted the projection 20 of the spring clip 18, the latter beingmounted upon the Wrist watch A as described herein before.

It is to be noted that the slot 26 is located adjacent the front 'endwall of the box opposite to that which the lid '24 is pivotaly mounted.Spaced from the slot and pivotally mounted to the side walls of the box22 by a pin 28 intercommunicating there between is a raising flap 39 ofgenerally U-shaped construction. The raising flap 30 has a beveledportion 32 at its lower or bite surface intermediate the two hroizontalarms of the U.

A T-shaped fiat slide 36 is slidably supported upon the lower surface ofthe interior of the box 22, a portion 37 of the cross bar of the Tprojecting through a rectangular aperture in the rear end wall of thebox adjacent the pivotally mounted slide portion. An elongated slot 38is located in the stem portion 40 of the slide 36 and longitudinallyextends parallel therein into the cross bar portion. This slide 36 isguided between the side walls of the box whereby the slot 38 registerswith a projection 42 which extends upwardly from the bottom of the box.A coil spring 44 disposed in the slot 38 is compressed between the rearend of projection 42 and a stop 46 at the rear end wall of the slot 38whereby the slide 36 is resiliently urged outwardly through therectangular aperture in the rear end wall of the box. The front end ofthe projection 42 abuts the front end wall of the slot 38 to limit theprojecting of the cross bar portion 37 beyond the rear of the box. Inorder to restrain the coil spring '44 from distortion out of a linealarrangement, a core 48, slightly shorter than the length of the coilspring, is inserted therein and axial therewith. It is also to beobserved that the leading edge of the slide stemis beveled at 50, thebevel 50 abutting the beveled portion 32 of the raising flap 30 wherebyany longitudinal force exerted by the slide 36 toward the flap 30 willcause the flap to elevate into a canted position about the pivotal pin28.

A pair of ears 52 extend upwardly from the top surface of the slide 36at its lateral edges thereof. The upper portion of each of the cars 52have gear teeth 54 which mesh with a registering pair of gear teeth 56extending downwardly from the lid' 24. The ears of the gear teeth 56areapertured to receive a pin 60 which extends between the side walls ofthe box 22 for pivotally mounting the lid 24 thereon.

As is outlined from the foregoing description my invention operates asfollows: When it is desired to insert the wrist watch within the case B,the wrist watch strap is removed from the pins 16, and above one pin 16is mounted the clip 18 between the ears 14 of the watch casing. Thewrist watch is mounted within the box 22 with the flap 20 extending intothe slot 26after thelid 24 has been opened. With the lid 24 undestrictedthe case B is opened by pressing the outwardly extending portion 37 ofthe slide 36 into the box 22. This will cause the flap 30 to elevate,canting the watch with it. Simultaneously, the lid 24 will pivotupwardly since the gear teeth 56 are urged in a direction opposite fromthat of the cars 52. Note that in this position the upper edge of thewatch face is wedged between the bottom surface of the box 22 and thelid 24. Therefore, the watch face may be easily read by placing the opencasing upon a table. However, since this wedging action is purely africtional one, any jarring or shock exerted upon the case B will causefreeing of the frictional forces to enable the lid to close and thewatch to be forced fiat within the case B. Thus, if the case should fallwhen closed the wrist watch is fully protected.

Although my invention has been described in considerable detail, suchdescription is intended as being illustrative rather than limiting,since the invention may be variously embodied, and the scope of theinvention is to be determined as claimed.

I claim as my invention:

A case for displaying an article comprising a generally oblong boxhaving an open top, a lid pivotally secured near one end of said boxintermediate the upper side portions thereof, gear teeth downwardlyprojecting from said lid, a T-shaped slide actuator slidably supportedat the bottom of said box and having a cross-bar portion protrudingthrough an aperture in the end wall thereof, gear teeth upwardlyprojecting from said actuator in cooperative engagement with thedownwardly projecting gear teeth, an elongated slot longitudinallyextending in the stem portion of said T-shaped slide actuator, aprojection upwardly extending from the bottom of said box in slidableengagement with the slot and limiting the outward protrusion of saidslide actuator through the end wall aperture, a coil spring axiallycompressed between said projection and one end of the slot, a beveledportion on the stern of said slide actuator, a U-shaped raising flappivotally secured intermediate the side walls of said box and receivingthe stem of said slide actuator, and a beveled portion on the bite ofsaid flap in complementary engagement with the beveled portion of saidstem whereby pressing said actuator interiorly will open said lid andpivotally raise said flap.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,816,101 Verger July 28, 1931 1,825,906 Jeanneret Oct. 6, 19311,856,035 Weil Apr. 26, 1932 1,964,334 Verger June 26, 1934 FOREIGNPATENTS 140,274 Switzerland Apr. 16, 1930

